Thanks for the help, Alexander. I finally got around to removing /sw and
reinstalling, and I get an error (below). I've searched the list archives,
but haven't found a clear solution. What do you think about this? Thanks,
Dan
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echo "x86_64\tx86_64" >>
/sw/src/fink.build/apt-0.5.4-1061/apt-0.5.4/buildlib/archtable
./configure --prefix=/sw --host=x86_64-apple-darwin`uname -r|cut -f1 -d.`
creating cache ./config.cache
checking host system type... x86_64-apple-darwin12
checking target system type... x86_64-apple-darwin12
checking build system type... x86_64-apple-darwin12
checking for gcc... gcc
checking whether the C compiler (gcc ) works... yes
checking whether the C compiler (gcc ) is a cross-compiler... no
checking whether we are using GNU C... yes
checking whether gcc accepts -g... no
checking for POSIXized ISC... no
checking for c++... c++
checking whether the C++ compiler (c++ -O2 -DEMULATE_MMAP -D__USE_MISC
-fconstant-cfstrings -DHAVE_SOCKLEN_T=1 ) works... yes
checking whether the C++ compiler (c++ -O2 -DEMULATE_MMAP -D__USE_MISC
-fconstant-cfstrings -DHAVE_SOCKLEN_T=1 ) is a cross-compiler... no
checking whether we are using GNU C++... yes
checking whether c++ accepts -g... no
checking how to run the C preprocessor... /lib/cpp
checking for ranlib... ranlib
checking for ar... ar
checking for library containing gethostbyname... none required
checking for library containing connect... none required
checking for db2/db.h... no
checking system architecture... x86_64
checking system OS... darwin
checking for C99 integer types... yes
checking for statvfs... yes
*checking whether byte ordering is bigendian... no*
*checking for missing socklen_t... missing.*
*checking for h_errno... configure: error: not found.*
*### execution of ./configure failed, exit code 1*
*phase compiling: apt-0.5.4-1061 failed*
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Package manager version: 0.36.4
Distribution version: selfupdate-point (bootstrap), 10.8, x86_64
Trees: local/main stable/main
Xcode.app: 5.1.1
Xcode command-line tools: 5.0.1.0.1.1377666378
Max. Fink build jobs: 1
ERROR: Bootstrap phase 2 failed!
On Sat, Mar 1, 2014 at 9:15 AM, Alexander Hansen <
[email protected]> wrote:
> On 3/1/14 5:45 AM, Dan Barrie wrote:
>
>> I'm attempting to start from scratch with Fink; just too many errors to
>> deal with, and I didn't do the install all in one sitting, so would be
>> best to start from scratch and give it my full attention the second time
>> around. However, I'm getting some errors with the uninstall. I've
>> searched the archive, but the solutions for these (common) errors
>> weren't clear to me, so would appreciate some help. Thanks in advance.
>>
>> From the terminal (on a MacBook Air OS 10.8.5):
>>
>> new-host:src un$ fink remove --recursive daemonic xinitrc
>> Information about 9010 packages read in 0 seconds.
>> ERROR: Couldn't call apt-get, which is needed for the recursive option.
>> Try to install the 'apt' Fink package (with e.g. 'fink install apt').
>> Failed: Purge not performed!
>>
>> new-host:src un$ fink install apt
>> Information about 9010 packages read in 1 seconds.
>> The following package will be installed or updated:
>> apt
>> The following 3 additional packages will be installed:
>> apt-shlibs dpkg tar
>> Do you want to continue? [Y/n] y
>> Setting runtime build-lock...
>> dpkg-deb -b /sw/src/fink.build/root-fink-buildlock-tar-1.26-4
>> /sw/src/fink.build
>> Can't exec "dpkg-deb": No such file or directory
>> ### execution of dpkg-deb failed, exit code -1
>> Failed: can't create package fink-buildlock-tar-1.26-4
>>
>>
>>
> They're not common errors. It's not normally the case that a bootstrap
> fails before dpkg gets installed, which is presumably why you don't have
> dpkg-deb. Just remove your /sw directory altogether.
>
> The bootstrap operation doesn't really support resuming if there is an
> error, so that's best time to try to get help.
> --
> Alexander Hansen, Ph.D.
> Fink User Liaison
> My package updates: http://finkakh.wordpress.com/
>
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